> Gaia found strong nonradial starquakes in thousands of stars. Gaia also revealed such vibrations in stars that have seldomly been seen before. These stars should not have any quakes according to the current theory, while Gaia did detect them at their surface.
What does the current theory say and how big of a development is this observation?
Relatedly, given how far we’re starting to push the tech with our observation tools, how certain are we that our observations aren’t synthetic artifacts of the algorithms used to process sensors and generate the results? I’m guessing there’s cross-correlation done with existing observations on other HW/SW that’s used to reduce the probability of that kind of issue. Wonder though if there’s some kind of SW development techniques they employ that could be useful elsewhere in the industry.
What does the current theory say and how big of a development is this observation?
Relatedly, given how far we’re starting to push the tech with our observation tools, how certain are we that our observations aren’t synthetic artifacts of the algorithms used to process sensors and generate the results? I’m guessing there’s cross-correlation done with existing observations on other HW/SW that’s used to reduce the probability of that kind of issue. Wonder though if there’s some kind of SW development techniques they employ that could be useful elsewhere in the industry.